7 tips for academic researchers on their way to Data Science
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Very often people ask me about my transition from academic research to a position as a data scientist. I have compiled in this article some advice to researchers in academia (masters degree, PhD, postdoctoral research) who want to be data scientists in the technology industry1.
My focus of learning was in the genomics area, but the tips are useful for other areas too. When I got into my PhD program, I didn’t know the career of data scientist, so I focused in learning bioinformatics.